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Walkers' views sought on trail extension

Walkers’ views are being sought on plans to extend a long-distance route on Dartmoor. The Dartmoor Way is currently made up of two routes, one fo...

New off-road ambulance will help mountain rescuers

A mountain rescue team has taken delivery of a new all-terrain ambulance that will help reach casualties in remote locations.

Tea-towels get the boot as Trust shop goes outdoors

The National Trust is dipping a boot in the world of outdoors retailing with the opening of its first ‘tea-towel-free’ shop.

BMC urges climbers and walkers to push for coastal access

The British Mountaineering Council is urging climbers and walkers to write to their MPs to put pressure on the Government to honour its responsibility to forge ahead with English coastal access.

New walkers' deerstalking website goes into service

A pilot website to help hillwalkers know where deerstalking is taking place is now live. The Heading for the Scottish Hills site has Ordnance Surve...

New footpath will make Dales Way safer for walkers

Walkers on the Dales Way will be safer after a national park authority negotiated an off-road right of way near the end of the 129km (80-mile) route.

Is the English coastal path for the chop?

With friends like this, do ramblers and walkers really need enemies? An unnamed former Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs minister ...

Girl airlifted to hospital after chain-walk fall

An 11-year-old girl was airlifted to hospital today after falling on a recently reopened section of the Fife Coastal Path.

Axe falls on 'erudite' body of commons experts

The coalition Government today announced it was abolishing a panel of experts which deals with common land in England and Wales.

Highlands gold company finds another source after park refusal

The Australian company which has been refused permission to reopen a gold mine in the Scottish Highlands said it may have found another source of the precious metal nearby.

Success for beaver trial as babies make appearance

Baby beavers have been spotted in a remote Scottish forest where a trial breeding programme is taking place.

Alladale fence to come down as wolves plan shelved

Scotland’s mountaineering body has given a cautious welcome to the abandonment of plans to fence off a large area of the Highlands to house wolves.

Walkers will have new bridge thanks to drystone experts

Craftsmen have made an unusual donation to a national park: a drystone bridge. The bridge, made from local limestone and sandstone, was originally ...

Lomond core paths on view for walkers

A Scottish national park has introduced an online map showing all its core paths. The Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority completed...

Doubts remain over future of English coast path

The Government body responsible for setting up coastal access around England has denied the project has been shelved as a result of coalition cuts.

Quids in: Nevis walkers to face charges?

Would you be prepared to pay to walk up Britain’s highest mountain? Walkers could soon be asked to put their hands in their pockets before they h...

Walkers' guide to hidden Highland wilderness launched

It is one of the wildest parts of Britain, and was one of the last to be influenced by human activity.

Delight as footpath volunteers gain award

Volunteers who keep upland footpaths in good order have gained an award for their work. Last year, the unpaid teams working for the Fix the Fells p...